S.B. No. 338 Summary

• Prohibits law enforcement officers from engaging in biased policing and status-based profiling based on race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or membership in minority groups except when combined with other identifying factors to apprehend a specific suspect.

• Requires the attorney general to adopt rules governing training for peace officers on performing law enforcement duties without engaging in biased or status-based profiling, including training on historical and cultural systems that perpetuate such practices.

• Mandates each law enforcement agency develop policies and annual training programs to eliminate biased policing, and requires agencies to collect and report data on stops, searches, and seizures by demographics to the attorney general for analysis.

• Establishes a racial and identity profiling advisory board within the attorney general's office to assist in analyzing reported data, assess training, review agency policies, and issue annual reports with policy recommendations.

• Creates private right of action for victims of biased policing violations and authorizes the attorney general to seek injunctive relief and corrective action plans from offending law enforcement agencies.